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authorMatti Linnanvuori <mattilinnanvuori@yahoo.com>2008-04-28 12:33:27 -0400
committerJesse Barnes <jbarnes@hobbes.lan>2008-04-28 13:07:28 -0400
commit97a34eb77c758ff7821c2d29b3b5a84299c93aa1 (patch)
tree4dc366d87f30471de8e00070d51fa4ad9f80ca51 /Documentation/DMA-mapping.txt
parent819e32377e401669d2c010f1a0ce12fe43ea5261 (diff)
doc: fix an incorrect suggestion to pass NULL for PCI like buses
Fix an incorrect suggestion to pass NULL to pci_alloc_consistent for PCI like buses where devices don't have struct pci_dev (like ISA, EISA). Signed-off-by: Matti Linnanvuori <mattilinnanvuori@yahoo.com> Acked-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@hobbes.lan>
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@@ -317,9 +317,9 @@ you should do:
317 317
318 cpu_addr = pci_alloc_consistent(pdev, size, &dma_handle); 318 cpu_addr = pci_alloc_consistent(pdev, size, &dma_handle);
319 319
320where pdev is a struct pci_dev *. You should pass NULL for PCI like buses 320where pdev is a struct pci_dev *. This may be called in interrupt context.
321where devices don't have struct pci_dev (like ISA, EISA). This may be 321You should use dma_alloc_coherent (see DMA-API.txt) for buses
322called in interrupt context. 322where devices don't have struct pci_dev (like ISA, EISA).
323 323
324This argument is needed because the DMA translations may be bus 324This argument is needed because the DMA translations may be bus
325specific (and often is private to the bus which the device is attached 325specific (and often is private to the bus which the device is attached